The Rumor Mill - August 18, 2025

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Rumor Mill — August 18, 2025 Joe and Nathan are back with another week of drag world news, listener messages, and plenty of shade. This week, they: Compare U.S., U.K., and Australian TV standards, leading to a hilarious detour about Big Brother Uncut and Nathan’s first glimpses of nudity on TV. Break down the disappointing finale of And Just Like That and debate whether Johnny Cakes was secretly hot. Debut a brand-new SpeakPipe jingle and share their first-ever listener voicemails. Trevon calls in to weigh in on Bob and Monet’s race play controversy, while Evan delivers a detailed (and adorable) recap of Slayzian Royale. Cover the headlines: Heidi N Closet’s involvement in ELF Cosmetics’ controversial ad with comedian Matt Rife, and the messy $80 wig drama between Orion Story and Britney Blackout. Talk behind-the-scenes tea on editing, timing, and why listener engagement means so much. Plus, Nathan plugs his Breaking Down Bad Books podcast (now on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) and his new Disneyland vlogs on YouTube, while Joe admits he’s already crushing on Evan’s voice. Send your own SpeakPipe messages at speakpipe.com/afterthoughtmedia and join the conversation! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the mountains to the sea to across the drag universe with you for the rumor mill for, what is it, August 18th, 2025. Five. But I don't do this show alone.
0:43.3	I do this with my partner in literal crime.
0:47.3	We do a lot of crime.
0:48.7	Yeah.
0:49.5	Yeah.
0:50.5	Even though we're the entire globe apart
0:55.2	on different hemispheres.
0:57.1	But it's just petty crumb.
0:59.1	Petty crumb, that's right.
1:01.8	But he's Nathan Patrick Brown from Wallingong.
1:05.2	How are you doing Nathan Patrick Brown?
1:06.8	I'm doing well. How are you?
1:09.8	I'm doing pretty good.
1:10.7	I was listening to another show.
1:12.5	Yeah?
1:13.4	A show that's well known for hating me called The Mix.
1:18.7	Oh, they hate you over there.
1:20.3	They hate me over there. Well, the audience, I don't think the hosts do.
1:26.0	And they were talking about how Americans, you know, our TV so puritanical, I don't
1:33.8	that's right word, but, you know, can't show anything, can't say anything.
1:37.6	Really?
1:38.3	No, yeah, really. And then in the, and then in the UK, they said after 10 o'clock, you can do
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